Thursday, August 27, 2009

Intimidator at Carowinds

The B&M Hypercoaster coming to Carowinds has been announced yesterday under the name Intimidator! The new roller coaster will be 232 ft. tall. It will be themed to Dale Earnhardt's black race car and will feature staggered seating just like Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland and Diamondback at Kings Island (also B&M hypers). Here is the layout:

The train leaves the station toward a 232 ft. lift hill between the Dora train and the Picnic Pavilions. Reaching the top, it will descend into the fenced off parking area towards a 178 ft. hill turning to the right. It will be followed by a 151 ft. camelback hill and a 121 ft. hammerhead turn by the South Gate (I expected that). Exiting the hammerhead, the coaster will enter 105 ft. and 90 ft. camelback hills leading to a block brake. Departing from the block brake, it will enter a 62 ft. hill by Picnic Pavilion #3 entering a diving helix and a 52 ft. hill all leading up to the final brakes.

I really like the layout!

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